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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in learning technology have provided the means for people in nations all aver the world to take part in online courses. These online MOOC courses are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education organizations are having to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can stakeholders make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like New Zealand to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of low motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants need to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Students want to understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing demand for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also investigates the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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